Workers' Compensation News
Ex-Postal Driver Charged With Collecting $160,000 in Benefits While Working | 09/05/2018 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A former New York postal worker has been charged with collecting more than $160,000 in benefits over 17 years, all while working at a flea market after stating that he was totally disabled. ...Read More | |||
Everest Insurance Hires Vincent Vandendael as International CEO | 09/04/2018 | ||
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Everest Insurance, the specialty insurance division of Everest Re Group Ltd., has hired Vincent Vandendael as chief executive officer of Everest Insurance International. ...Read More | |||
Ethics Committee Affirms Violations on Five Complaints | 08/30/2018 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Workers’ Compensation Ethics Advisory Committee identified five violations of judicial ethics following investigations into judges accused of having a share in a law firm that appears before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, allowing a court reporter to object to the way an...Read More | |||
Evidence of Worker's Employability Supported Reduction of Lost-Earning Capacity Rating | 08/30/2018 | ||
Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the reduction of a worker’s lost wage-earning capacity, from 50% to 20%, based on evidence that she was able to work in sedentary and light-duty positions, earning at least the minimum wage. ...Read More | |||
EnableComp Names Scott Bagwell to Board of Directors | 08/29/2018 | ||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
EnableComp LLC, a provider of workers' compensation billing and collection services for health care facilities, has added Scott Bagwell to its board of directors. ...Read More | |||
Employer Subjected to Sanctions for Improper Termination of Benefits | 08/28/2018 | ||
Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Commonwealth Court ruled that an out-of-state employer was subject to penalties for improperly terminating payment of benefits to an injured employee after a judge found Pennsylvania had jurisdiction over the worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
Employer Has 30 Days From Receiving Final UR Decision to Request Reopening of Claim | 08/23/2018 | ||
Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that an employer has 30 days after receiving a final utilization review decision to file a request to reopen a worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
Employer That Denied Claim Without Basic Investigation Owes Bad-Faith Penalties | 08/20/2018 | ||
Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
An employer that failed to conduct even a basic investigation into a workers' claim before closing the case is liable for administrative penalties under Industrial Commission regulations that prohibit unfair claims practices. ...Read More | |||
Electric Shock Injury Didn't Cause Total Loss of Use of Hands | 08/17/2018 | ||
Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Commonwealth Court ruled that a lineman who sustained severe electric shock injuries to both hands had not suffered the complete loss of use of either hand. ...Read More | |||
Employers Seek to Certify Class in Applied Underwriters Lawsuit | 08/14/2018 | ||
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A group of small and mid-sized California businesses who say they fell victim to a sophisticated insurance scam involving the EquityComp and SolutionOne programs are asking a federal judge to certify their class in an unfair competition complaint. ...Read More | |||